Calypso

Calypso is the beautiful Goddess-nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years. She lives on the island of Aeaea and appears in book 5 of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. She does not wish to let Odysseus go. but is told she had to after the second assembly of the Gods at the beginning of book 5. Hermes (the messenger god) informs Calypso what she must do. She also advises Odysseus on crafting a raft so that he can be on his way.Calypso is a daughter of Atlas, she is prisoned on the island of Aeaea. In the Percy Jackson series, Percy appears on Calypso's island after he is blown away from a mountain. She said that the Fates only send men to her who must leave, they can never stay. Which has always saddened her. 